River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-06-02

body of the travelling man Gilbert, found
dying at st. Paul, revealed that he died
from apoplexy and not from any blows or
injury received and the coroners jury so
found in their verdict and the persons held
in custody were honorably discharged.
C. w Griggs. A. G.. Foster, G. NJ.
Griggs, Frank Blakeslee and F. b. Clarke
of St Paul, Mimi, have Incorporated the
81 ,000,OOO, to build "A railroad from
Thompson's Falls, Montana, to Cnur
d'Alene lake
At Winnebago City, fire caught in
the engine room OF Peaveys a Co.'S. eleva-
tor at II 80 Friday night, aud the elevator
was burned TO the ground. Nothing was
els Of grain was burned. No other damage
was done.
An employee of the st. Paul Roller
mill Tuesday evening with both hands torn
off at the wrists and bolt driven into his
knee. IL is supposed in attempting 10 adj
just a belt 10 a grindstone he was caught.
Company A.. of Minnesota went
through its evolutions at Washington on
Tuesday in the prize drill, being the first
as being very creditable indeed but not of
a character to carry of the first prize.
Yankton, Dakota, is jubilant over
the news received from Omaha to the effect
that the Omaha Yankton road is assured,
and that Omaha viii vote 100000 of the
S500,0r0 asked. This will give Yankton II
bridge and Southern outlet
EX-Mayor Geo. b. Strait. died at
Shakopee, May 80, of typhoid pneumonia.
aged ~ years He had resided in Minnesota
since 1888, engaged in numbering and mill
ing He was "a native of Pennsylvania and
a relative of Hon. II. b. Strait.
Oakland, Pottawatamie Coz, Iowa,
was nearly DESTROYED by fire on the 2Sth,
which broke out from spontaneous combus-
ton in a furniture factory and burned
nearly every store and rendered eight
families homeless.
The people of Washington Territory
will on July celebrate the completion Of
the Cascade division of the Northern
Pacific at Tacoma. Senator G.. X. Davis of
[ st. Paul, has been invited to deliver the
Grafton of the day.
Frost was reported from many
points in Minnesota and Dakota on the
/ 18th. A St Vincent dispatch says; "A
severe frost Tuesday night cut down the
wheat. The fields this morning smell like
new mown hay
G. Rausch and Nick Mott, returning
/ to their homes from St. Martin, Stearns
/ Co, Mimi, on the 2Sth, raced their teams
/ and collided, and Mott was killed, the
horses smashing his face, breaking his
/ arms and ribs.
Mrs. John CiementSon, residing five
miles north of Sherburu, Martin county
/ Mimi, was found Monday by the roadside
near her home in dying condition, having
been gOred by a bull in the herd that she
was tending.
The tobacco warehouse at Slough
/ ton, Wis, was destroyed by fire on the 10Th
4 Miller q Putnam and Atkinson Bros, OF
/ Straughton, are the largest losers. The
warehouse was the largest in the state Loss
100000.
At Alexandria, Dakota Nav 25th,
/ Currans agricultural warehouse and
! Clark's livery barn were burned. Loss,
/ sl0,500; insured for 5000. The town had
narrow escape from total destruction.
At Kempton. Wis, 40 inch circular
saw in Bah a Culbertson's mill burst and a
/ fragment 20 inches square went through
/ Peter Olson cutting him from the right hip
/ to the left shoulder killing him instantly
At Chippewa, Falls, Wis, Friday
afternoon, while playing on the river bank
/ George, the seven year-old son of Mrs. Rice,
/ jumped into the river and was drowned.
The Wisconsin Central r. r., has de
cided to build extensive shops at st. Paul
Mimi. upon tract of land purchased of
the North st. Paul land company.
a Mapleton, Oak, dispatch states
that the wo-year-old son of G. Buley
strayed from the house Friday to the river
bank and was drowned.
The trial of Max Krolik, at Mankato,
Mimi, for the burning of his shoe store
some months ago, resulted in his acquittal
on the 18th
Frank Betz of Leonard, Oak, while
blowing on the oath, was kicked by one of
his horses and his scull split open causing
death.
Fire at Austin, Mimi, on the 18th,
destroyed property of the value of $3.50,
insurance $500,